We moved into our first house in 2006. Ken and I were living in Massachusetts and while he was still in grad school I was working at a great job as a designer in RI. Our house was a nice cape next to a river and a nice wooded lot. I loved that little house, but I was happy when the opportunity arose to be closer to our families.
Here are some photos of our first house. Don't forget this was almost 10 years ago....our style had a lot of evolving to do!
(Please pardon that bad photos...this was before I had a nice camera or iPhone!)
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The house looked very small from the outside, but with a full dormer in the back, it was actually very spacious.
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The house had a nice breezeway that we used as a sitting room/mudroom. I never did get around to painting over the previous owners "light house" stencil.
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When you walk in the house from the mudroom, the next room you enter would be the dining room. We did do a few projects in the three years that we lived in this house. One of which was a small kitchen and dining room renovation. We did all of the work ourselves (with the exception of refinishing the hardwood floors) on a very small budget.
Here are some before and afters:
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Dining room BEFORE
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Dining room AFTER |
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Dining room AFTER (looking into the mudroom)
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Kitchen BEFORE. Very 1950's. (Wow I had a lot of clutter back then!!) |
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We scraped not one, but 2 layers of linoleum off the oak hardwoods underneath. |
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Kitchen AFTER. We couldn't do an addition because of where our septic system was so we opened up the wall to at least make the space feel bigger.
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We used IKEA cabinets and a quartz countertop.
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The house had cute 1950's arched doorways that I actually really liked.
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Living room.
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Our living room.
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Sitting room off of the foyer. Red paint was popular for walls at that time!
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The first floor bedroom never got much attention, but the floors sure looked nice.
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The office area was off to the left at the top of the stairs. |
We also did a small bathroom renovation. We replaced the shower and floor tiles and replaced the vanity with a DIY made from an old dresser we picked up in Maine.
Master Bathroom Before and After:
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Shower/tub area BEFORE |
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Shower/tub area AFTER
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Vanity area BEFORE
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Vanity area AFTER
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Master Bedroom |
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Our master bedroom had a small seating area and a walk-in closet.
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Upstairs bedroom was used as a nursery when Alice was little. |
Looking back at these photos, I realize that this house was a great "blank slate" and that it had a lot of potential. I guess I must have thought that when we bought it too, although we really didn't live there long enough to take advantage of that and make it our own. It was a great starter house and it sure made me realize what I liked and didn't like about a house....small kitchens and carpet (among other things)!
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